# DeepL Translate — user reviews > 682 indexed App Store user reviews of DeepL Translate by DeepL SE, rated 4.80/5 from 13,276 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deepl-translate/id1552407475/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/deepl-translate/id1552407475.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 11,737 · 4★ 818 · 3★ 245 · 2★ 132 · 1★ 344 ## What do users think of DeepL Translate? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Accurate translations - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Useful translation history - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 👍 Helpful for language learning - 🔒 Respects privacy **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy after updates - 👎 Cluttered interface - 👎 Inconsistent translations - 👎 Limited language support - 👎 Subscription required for some features **Commonly reported bugs** - Camera translation not working - Disappearing buttons and features - Frequent app crashes - Connectivity issues - Autocorrect interfering with foreign language input **Most requested features** - Add more languages, especially less common ones - Improve translation quality for certain languages - Allow offline translation - Implement a way to report poor translations - Add text-to-speech with adjustable speed - Integrate with other apps for seamless translation ## Newest reviews (15 of 682) ### 3/5 — Reading option not working *2026-08-31* the reading function for EN only works once and you have to re-open the app every time you want it to read a new word. ### 2/5 — No longer the most accurate translator *2026-08-21, version 26.47* Seems that they have focused to much on AI, that forgot that people chose them over the others because the app used to be reliable. Now it misses the context completely or just gives blank spaces at times. Such a shame because I used to recommend it over Google translator ### 3/5 — Suggestion *2026-08-05, version 26.42* The translation software is good, You need more for the keyboard translation. Thank you so much ! I like free. ### 2/5 — Bad update *2026-07-25, version 26.42* The most recent update makes the app much more difficult to use. Why did you delete the Copy (output) button?!? Without that, it requires several tedious steps to “send” the output to a specific app. 😫 What if I just want to paste into a note or an email I already have in progress??? It’s so much easier to just copy and paste. 😩 ### 2/5 — Live conversation mode *2026-07-24, version 26.42* My primary purpose was to use the live conversation mode. In just a little bit of quick testing it’s far behind the free Google Translate. ### 2/5 — Está péssimo *2026-07-17* Pra mim esse era o melhor tradutor, agora com muitas atualizações bugs e IA o app ficou horrível sempre aparece que está offline, traduções péssimas, infelizmente tive que parar de usar. ### 4/5 — Listening *2026-07-14, version 26.40* Great translation but if like me you are trying to learn a language ( Spanish) when you hit the speaker to hear the translation, it is so fast it’s almost impossible to understand ### 1/5 — Неактуален *2026-07-11, version 26.40* ИИ делает перевод точнее и без впн ### 1/5 — No offline *2026-07-10, version 26.40* Couldn’t once get this to actually give me a translation ### 4/5 — Ana Paula Gaspari *2026-07-08* Bom app ### 4/5 — Update problems *2026-06-30* It has been a good translator for a long time; however, there is an issue with the suggestions section. Since the last update, it is no longer possible to choose word-for-word suggestions. Furthermore, when you want to write a long paragraph, no alternative is offered. Other than that, the experience is good. ### 1/5 — Root beer *2026-06-30, version 26.38* looked for the common name to translate but wasn’t able to give me in German the word “Malzbier” Hmm ### 4/5 — Best translator for Latin American Spanish I’ve found *2026-06-27, version 26.38* This has actual LatAm Spanish translation. I do wish there was a preference setting for JUST the languages I’m interested in. Toggling between two is great, but some time it changes to detest language and makes navigating much more painful. Maybe also a setting to turn off detection. ### 4/5 — Stopped using due to lack of landscape mode. *2026-06-22* I had been using Google Translate as a companion app to my Spanish learning app but switched to DeepL because of the superior translation features (Example: The “Alternatives” function) but I had to switch back to Google Translate (not my preferred choice) because DeepL is missing a simple useability feature - no landscape mode. Maybe I have a niche requirement, I don’t know, but…my main use of a translator app is as a companion to language learning apps. I put my phone on a stand beside my iPad to listen and use DeepL to translate the various exercises. No matter the volume, sometimes DeepL doesn’t pick up the sound from the iPad. To solve this problem I want to turn my iPhone on its side to place the phone microphone closer to the iPad speaker. However, when I do that, DeepL stays in portrait mode and I can’t read the translations. Google Translate DOES have landscape mode and automatically switches to landscape mode. When I put my phone on its side on the stand it picks up the audio better AND I can read the translations so I had to go back to using Google Translate. Not for translation features, but for useability. Sad, but true. ### 3/5 — You’re being out classed by Google Translate and others *2026-06-20, version 26.37* Your fixation on getting rich quicker is impacted the prestige and choice of a translation app… it is becoming financially eough to have, and because you are focusing on that route you are making it useless and frustrating as one cannot even appreciate the merits of the app…. So, jump into the Google app, which is getting better and better, that still needs to cover more languages and dialects… That’s my take… Deepl used to be my favorite app… Some us Translate by Kagi, it is also, free ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Feels dead *2026-08-24, version 26.47* They took too long to add essential features and now AI is here so who would pay for something Google can do for free and better. ### 1/5 — FFS *2026-08-14, version 26.46* Kinda works, was better. Really annoying feature now is that upon opening it defaults to translating the input language into… the same language . Why can they not grasp that either the input or the output should always default to my native language? ### 1/5 — A poor translator *2026-08-13, version 26.46* He’s not translating; he’s just spouting some nonsense ### 1/5 — Bug *2026-08-07* Уже больше месяца эту ошибку никто не исправляет! Как это можно было не заметить. В верхнем окне кнопка озвучки слова не работает! ### 1/5 — Ens***ified *2026-08-04, version 26.42* You now need a pro subscription to translate anything. Just awful. Leadership should be ashamed ### 1/5 — Terrible Customer Service *2026-08-03, version 26.42* Expect no response for at least 2 weeks. But on top of it nothing helpful comes out. Left a bad taste. ### 1/5 — The pronunciation feature barely works at all. *2026-07-30, version 26.42* When I tap the speaker icon, the app rarely plays the sound (word pronunciation) ### 1/5 — Very very bad *2026-07-22, version 26.41* Very bad app doesn’t translate just give the same word every time no synonym, please don’t use it. ### 1/5 — Used to love this app, but… *2026-07-18, version 26.41* I don’t know why, but the quality and functionality of this app has been totally ruined the past few updates. I use it for Japanese primarily and the “alternative sentences” function no longer works, the camera translate function (where you take a picture through the app rather than import one) no longer works on vertical text… I love DeepL so I don’t *want* to give a low rating, but it’s really upsetting to watch a once-reliable app become so useless. ### 1/5 — Now a completely different app *2026-07-13* I don’t know what sort of update you’ve made to your app, but it’s now unusable! If there were a few errors before, now it’s making up sentences all on its own, getting the grammar, context and meaning completely wrong! It doesn’t detect the language correctly and every now and then it switches to German on its own. Then, if you write in one language, for example, but include some business English terms, it gets completely confused I’ve gone back to using other translation apps ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excelente *2026-08-15* O melhor tradutor comparado com o Traduzir do IPhone e o Google translate. Mas na verdade este tradutor traduz só para o português de Portugal e não o português do Brasil. Tem que melhorar essa parte ### 5/5 — Great for correct grammar *2026-08-13* I am working on relearning German, which I spoke as a child through young adult. The toughest aspect of German is its grammar. Other apps are riddled with errors. My German family has reviewed translations provided by DeepL and found them very accurate, including the more difficult grammar aspects. My family is from Bavaria, so there are also differences in vocabulary and idiomatic expressions (although many are found in the „Alternatives“ section). I am teaching my almost three-year-old granddaughter German side-by-side with English. I appreciate the feature that allows me to hit the record button, say the phrase in English, then say the provided typed phrase in German for my granddaughter. Occasionally, I will play the recording, giving her the opportunity to hear a voice other than mine. For myself, I use the regular speed to double check my pronunciation accuracy, but I appreciate the option that allows me to slow down the phrase for my toddler granddaughter. Thank you for such a great app! It means a lot to have a source that I trust to teach me and my granddaughter virtually error free. ### 5/5 — Kurdish ( Badini ) *2026-08-05, version 26.42* I request of your excellency, I hope, I hope you add the Kurdish language, Badini dialect. Many people are waiting for this thing, even if you rely on Gemini, just so this dialect is added. ### 5/5 — Accurate translation *2026-07-19* I use the app for German, French and other languages regularly and in the browsers too on iOS and Mac. The accuracy of translation and understanding of context is excellent. 2 limitations of the app: No offline translations. This is very helpful when there's no network or it's poor. This is a plus in Google. The other one is handwriting. When I want to explore translations of languages like Greek, Kannada etc it's easier to write by hand . This would be a nice feature to have ### 5/5 — Latest update killed it *2026-07-04* New screen is too wide, and doesn’t scale down, so 1/4 of graphics/texts are cropped off and impossible to read all. BEFORE: Unusable! It used to be good, with very decent EU Portuguese… Then you became lazy and started to use google’s database with Brazilian Portuguese (very different). Now it simply doesn’t translate! Bafio in Portuguese it’s not Bafio in English!! It doesn’t find the transaction for “ogling” and does not translate “manjerico” correctly either !? It’s getting worse with each update! It doesn’t translate lots of EU Portuguese, it shows just the same text ‘translated’, as the text I type! What a disappointment! It used to be so good and now it’s closer to any other american translator, with so many inaccuracies!!!!! Wrong translations: I chosen this app, ‘cause it used to be the most accurate on EU Portuguese translations … However the last two updates, have brought this closer to Google Translate (terrible) translations! In other words lots of English > Portuguese translations are now closer to Brazilian which is very different to EU Portuguese! I also found it cannot even translate “abrunho”, neither “cadelinhas”, nor “amêijoa” 😩 ### 5/5 — تشکر عالی *2026-06-07, version 26.34* بسیار عالی ممنون دیپل ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-06-05, version 26.34* Very good the best I found ### 5/5 — Nice and simple! *2026-06-05, version 26.34* Nice app. Please add option to scroll history of translations on main screen. When practicing Spanish I like to build on phrases and it helps to see what I just did. Thanks! ### 5/5 — Updated Review *2026-06-03* Since my previous review, they have fixed the issue with the correct language for the speech. Back to being great app! ### 5/5 — Behaving again *2026-06-03* For a couple days wouldn’t connect to net, translate or even let me select languages but is working perfectly now. No idea what happened --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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